Safety-razor



J. D. GOODWIN.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1919.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled May 28, 1919. Serial No. 300,264;

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JAMns D. Goonwnv,

citizen of the -United States, residing at Richmond, in the State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafety-Razors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toa'n improvement in safety-razors of that typewherein the handle is adjustable with relation to the holder to arrangethe blade in different angular relations to the handle for convenfat Iclamping :plate.

the 1 tion.

. ience in use.

The present invention provides means whereby the handle considered asawhole, is swiveled'with relation to the blade holder to provide desiredrelative adjustments, with such handle and blade holder provided withcooperating locking means to fix such parts.

The invention further provides for utiliz-- ing the locking member forthe adjustments of the blade holder and handle as a means .for removablyconnecting the handle sec tions. I

In the drawings Figurell is a perspective view of the impractically asan ordinary razor. Fig. 2. isa similar view illustrating anotheradjustment of the blade holder.

. 1 Fig. 3 is a broken vertical section, showing the swiveled connectionbetween the holder and handle, andthe locking means forsuchswiveled-connection.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the guard p'late. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectionof the Fig. 6 is a detail transverse sec tion.v

'Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section; throughholder, theblade being showninposi- The improved as comprising a blade ho1der1andhandle safety-razoris here shown Patented Jan.6',1920.

the bearing edges 9 of such plate, that when the plate 8 is forced downonto the blade A,

the lip is put under tension. The clamping plate, at the end oppositethe lip 7 is formed with a depression 10, having a flat bottom wall 11,and securing member 12 is secured to the guard plate 3 to cooperatetherewith. This securing member comprises a strip 13 slidably mounted onthe relatively under surface of the guard plate, as'by lips 14, theouter end of the strip having an upstands ing wall 15 terminating in aninturned lip 16,- adapted when the clamping plate is'in position'toengage in the depression 10, bearingxsquarely on the bottom wall 11thereof, to old the parts in fixed relation.

The strip 13 hasa depending finger projection 17 whereby the securingmember may be operated, and, incident to the tension of the lip 7 whenthe parts are in clamping relation, release movement of the securingmember results in the clamping member springing free o'f-the clampingposition, to.

facilitate removal of the blade. The adjustable connectionbetween thehandle and blade holder, comprises a substantiallysemi-spherical head 18secured 'to and depending from the lower surface of the guard plate,having a plain upper por! tion which is arranged in spaced relation tosaid guard plate. A ring 19, hereinafter termed a swiveled member isarranged between the head 18 and the guard plate, being tweensaid headand late. The swivel member has diametrica ly-opposedi depending ears20, projecting in close relation to the as 21', and the other, thehandle proper, as

22. The connecting section 21, comprises a' .rotatably mounted on theconnection be comparatively short se pti t ii 23, having a I ranged atsubstantially any angle with relation thereto. Furthermore the handlesec- .tion' is short, and by reason of this fact such section projectsbut a short distance beyond the holder, it can therefore be'conveniently packed in the usual case.

The handle proper comprises the usual hand-hold section 27, which may beof any desired form or convenient length from the upper end of whichextends a screw 28, of a size to engage the bore 24 of the connectinghandle section 21.

The head 18 and terminal of the screw 28 are formed for cooperation, sothat by such cooperation the handle and blade holder may be secured inany position of adjustment permitted by the swiveled connection. Suchrelative formation is here shown as a series of openings ordepressions29 in the head, the terminal of the screw 30 being formed tocooperate therewith. Other forms of such cooperation are contemplated.

The handle proper 22, may be unscrewed from the section 21 a sufiicientdistance to interrupt the coaction between the head 18 and the screw 28,and the blade holder and handle adjusted .as desired, whereupon alocking of such adjusted relation is secured by again severing thehandle proper to gauge the cooperation between the screw and The handleproper" is of course entirely separable from the connection section 21,so that in packing such handle, otherwise, an awkward extension from theblade holder, may be conveniently taken care 'of in the case.

Claims: f

1-. A safety razor comprising a blade holder, a two-part handle, onepart of such handle having swiveled connection with the blade holder andformed with a threaded opening, the other part of such handle beingwholly separable and provided with a threaded extension to engage thethreaded opening and cooperating with the blade holder when in handleforming position'to engage the swivel and lock said swivel movement. I

2. A safety razor comprising a blade holder, a two-part handle, one partof such handle having swiveled connection with the blade holder, theother part of such handle being wholly separable, and a connectionbetween the two members of the two part handle to secure same togetherand cooperating with the blade holder when in handle forming position tolock said swivel movement.

3. A safety razor comprising a blade holder including a guard plateformed near one end with a slot and an adjacent raised portion, saidblade holder having lips struck therefrom and bent to form parallelguides,

a sliding plate formed with a slot through which the lips pass, theouter end of the sliding plate extending upwardly and laterally parallelwith the blade holder to form a tongue, a blade having a notch to engagethe raised portion, a clamping plate concaveconvex in cross section andformed at one end with an angular li'p' which engages in the slot, anddisposed to place the clamping plateunder tension when in clampingposition and formed at its opposite end with a depression the bottom ofwhich is flat and with which the tongue engages, and a handle extendingfrom the blade holder.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

JAMES D. GOODWIN.

